List of laptop brands and manufacturers

Last updated

This is a list of laptop brands and manufacturers.

Manufacturers

Major brands

CompanyCountry/RegionCurrent product linesDefunct product linesMarket share (Q3 2023) [1]
Lenovo China Essential, IdeaPad, Legion, ThinkBook, ThinkPad, ThinkPad Yoga, Yoga 3000, Flex, Miix, Skylight, ThinkPad Helix, ThinkPad Twist 23.5%
HP United States EliteBook, OmniBook, ProBook, ZBook 110, Envy, Essential, Mini, Pavilion, Spectre, Voodoo Envy 19.8%
Dell United States Inspiron, Latitude, XPS 320SLi, Adamo, Studio 15.0%
Apple United States MacBook Air, MacBook Pro iBook, Macintosh Portable, MacBook, PowerBook 10.6%
Asus Taiwan ASUSPRO, Expertbook, ProArt, Republic of Gamers, Transformer, TUF, Vivobook, ZenBook, Zephyrus EeeBook 7.1%
Acer Taiwan Aspire, Enduro, Extensa, Nitro, Packard Bell, Predator, Spin, Swift, TravelMate AcerNote, Aspire One, Aspire Timeline, Ferrari, Gemstone, Switch 6.4%

Other brands

CompanyCountry/RegionCurrent model linesFormer model lines
Alienware United StatesX15, X16, M15, Area-51m R2, 13, 14, 15, 17, 18
Altyk FranceLe PC portable, Le Petit PC Portable
Advan IndonesiaWorkPlus, WorkPro, PixelWar, SoulmateVanbook
Axioo  [ id ]IndonesiaCyberbook, Hype, MyBook, Pongo, Z SeriesPico, Neon
Casper  [ tr ]TurkeyNirvana
CHUWI  [ ja ]ChinaHerobook, Corebook
Colorful  [ zh ]China
Corsair United StatesVoyager
Clevo TaiwanNP70 series, P870DM3-G, X170KM-G, X7200
CyberPowerPC United StatesTracer V Series, Tracer IV, Tracer III
Digital Storm United StatesAvon 15, Banshee 17.3"
Dynabook Japan E series, Portégé, Satellite Pro, Tecra
Eurocom CanadaSky, Tornado, Nightsky, Commander, Monster
Falcon Northwest United StatesDRX, TLX
Framework Computer United States Framework Laptop
Fujitsu Japan Celsius, Lifebook
Getac TaiwanB360, S410, F110, UX10, V110
Gigabyte TaiwanAorus, Aero, Gaming
Google United States Chromebook Pixel, Pixelbook, Pixelbook Go
Hasee ChinaZ-Series
Honor ChinaMagicBook
Huawei China MateBook, Qingyun
Hyundai Technology South KoreaFlip, Book, FlipNote, ThinNote
Infinix Mobile Hong KongInBook, GTBook
Itel Mobile Hong KongAble, Epic
Lava International IndiaTwinpad, Helium Series
LG South Korea Gram Xnote
Thomson FranceNeo, A series, M series, Ceos, Roxxor
Maguay  [ ro ]RomaniaMyWay, GamePower, OfficePower, ExpertStation, PowerStation, Mini-Server
Medion GermanyAkoya
Micro-Star International TaiwanMegabook, Modern, GT, GS, GF, GE, GP, GL, Wind
Microsoft United States Surface Laptop, Surface Laptop Go, Surface Laptop SE, Surface Laptop Studio
Monster Notebook  [ tr ]TurkeyAbra, Tulpar, Huma, Semruk, Markut
Mouse Computer JapanLuvBook
Multi BrazilUltra
Dai-Tech  [ ro ]RomaniaNjoy Aerial, Njoy Ediam
Nokia FinlandPureBook
Origin PC United StatesEVO15-S, EVO17-S, EVO17-X, NT-15i, NT-15, NT-17
Panasonic Japan Let's Note, Toughbook CF-V21P, Toughpad
Positivo Brazil
Purism United States Librem
Razer Singapore / United StatesBlade, Book
Realme ChinaRealmebook
Samsung Electronics South Korea Galaxy Book, Galaxy Book Pro, Notebook, Series 7 Slate Ativ, Sens
Schenker Technologies  [ de ]GermanyXMG Apex, XMG Core, XMG Dj 15, XMG Focus, XMG Neo Series, XMG Pro Series
System76 United StatesGalago Pro, Oryx Pro, Pangolin, Lemur Pro, Gazelle, Darter Pro, Kudu Pro, Serval WS, Bonobo WS, Adder WS
Teclast  [ sk ]China
Tecno Hong KongMegaBook
Tsinghua Tongfang ChinaX-Series
Tuxedo Computers GermanyAura, Gemini, InfinityBook S, InfinityBook Pro, Polaris, Pulse, Sirius, Stellaris
UMAX Taiwan / Czech RepublicVisionBook
Vaio Japan Z series, F series, S series, SX series
Velocity Micro United StatesSignature 17, Raptor S77, Raptor MX70
VIT VenezuelaP1420, P3310-01, P3310-02
Walmart United States Gateway 2-in-1 Convertible, Gateway Ultra Slim, Motile
Walton BangladeshPrelude, Passion, Tamarind, Karonda, Waxjambu
Wings [2] IndiaNuvobook series
Xiaomi China Mi NoteBook, RedmiBook
Xolo India
Zyrex  [ id ]IndonesiaSky, Cruiser, Confidante, Chromebook

No longer manufacturing computers

CompanyCountry/RegionProduct linesNotes
BenQ Taiwan
Canon Japan–United States Innova Book, NoteJet, Power Notebook Canon exited the personal computer business in 1997. [3]
CTX TaiwanEzNote
Epson Japan ActionNote, Endeavor, HX-20, PX-4, PX-8 Geneva Epson exited the personal computer business in the United States in 1996 and in Japan in the 2010s.
Grundig Germany
HCL IndiaMe
HTC Taiwan Shift
Hitachi JapanVisionBook
IBM United States PC Convertible, PCradio, PS/2 Model CL57 SX, PS/2 Model L40 SX, PS/note, PS/2 Note, PS/55 Note, Palm Top PC 110, WorkPad Z50 IBM sold its personal computer and Intel-based server businesses to Lenovo in 2005.
NEC Japan LaVie, MultiSpeed, ProSpeed, UltraLite, Versa
Olivetti ItalyEchos, M10, Philos, Olibook, Quaderno
Onkyo JapanSotec
Philips NetherlandsX200
Sharp Japan Actius, IS01, PC-4500, PC-5000, WideNote Sharp fully acquired personal computer and laptop business of Toshiba in June 2020. This subsidiary now runs as Dynabook Inc. [4]
Sony Japan Vaio Sony sold its PC business division to Japan Industrial Partners (JIP) in 2014; owns 5 percent of Vaio Corporation.
Texas Instruments United States Extensa, TravelMate Texas Instruments sold its laptop business to Acer in 1997.
Toshiba Japan Dynabook, Libretto, Portégé, Satellite, Satellite Pro, Qosmio, T series, Tecra Toshiba fully exited the personal computer and laptop business in June 2020, transferring the remaining 19.9 percent shares to Sharp Corporation, which now runs the business as Dynabook Inc. [4]
Vestel Turkey
Wipro India

Defunct brands

CompanyCountry/RegionProduct linesNotes
Acorn Computers United KingdomDeskbook, Desknote, Solonote
Amstrad United Kingdom NC100
AST Research United StatesAdvantage! Explorer, Ascentia, PowerExec, Premium ExecAcquried by Samsung Electronics
Atari Corporation United States ST Book
Athena Computer & Electronic Systems United States Athena 1
Bondwell United States–Hong Kong Bondwell-2
Cambridge Computer United Kingdom Z88
Commodore United StatesC286-LT, C386SX-LT
Compaq United States Armada, Concerto, Contura, Evo, LTE, Presario, ProSignia, SLT, tc1000 Acquired by Hewlett-Packard
Data General United States Data General/One, Walkabout
Digital Equipment Corporation United States DECpc, HiNote Acquired by Compaq
Dulmont Australia Magnum
eMachines United StatesAcquired by Gateway
Everex United States CloudBook, gBook
Founder Technology ChinaE-Series, R-Series
Gateway, Inc. United States ColorBook, HandBook, Liberty, Solo Acquired by Acer
Gavilan United States SC
Grid Systems United States Compass, GridCase, GRiDPad
Fujitsu Siemens Japan–Germany Fujitsu bought out Siemens's share of the company
Gericom AustriaAcquired by Quanmax AG
Husky Computers United Kingdom Husky
Itautec BrazilAcquired by Oki Electric Industry, PC and laptop division dissolved [5]
KDS Computers United StatesSubsidiary of Korea Data Systems
Librex Computer Systems JapanSubsidiary of Nippon Steel
Maxdata Germany
MicroOffice Systems Technology United States RoadRunner
One Laptop per Child United States XO
OQO United States
Outbound Systems United StatesOutbound, Wallaby
Packard Bell United States PB286LP, Statesman Acquried by Acer
PC Club United States
Pravetz Bulgaria64M
Psion United Kingdom MC, Series 7, netBook
Tandy United States 1100 FD, 1400 series, TRS-80 Model 100
TriGem South Korea Averatec
Vigor Gaming United StatesAtlantis, Augustus, Artorius, Aegis
VoodooPC Canada Envy Acquired by Hewlett-Packard
Zenith Data Systems United States MastersPort, MinisPort, SupersPort, Z-Star, ZP-150 Acquired by Packard Bell

Original design manufacturers (ODMs)

The vast majority of laptops on the market are manufactured by a small handful of Taiwan-based original design manufacturers (ODM), although their production bases are located mostly in mainland China. Quanta Computer pioneered the contract manufacturing of laptops in 1988. By 1990, Taiwanese companies manufactured 11% of the world's laptops. That percentage grew to 32% in 1996, 50% in 2000, 80% in 2007 and 94% in 2011. [6] [7] The Taiwanese ODMs have since lost some market share to Chinese ODMs, but still manufactured 82.3% of the world's laptops in Q2 of 2019, according to IDC. [8]

Contents

Major relationships include: [9]

ODM laptop units sold and market shares

Year2020 [10] 20192018 [11] 20172016 [12] 2015 [13] 2014 [14] 2013 [15] 2012 [16] 2011 [17] 2010 [9] [18] 2009 [19] [20] 2006 [20]
ODMUnits sold (millions)Units sold (millions)Units sold (millions)Units sold (millions)Units sold (millions)Units sold (millions)Units sold (millions)Units sold (millions)Units sold (millions)Units sold (millions)Units sold (millions)Units sold (millions)Proportion of marketUnits sold (millions)Proportion of market
Compal 45.442.634.539.343.046.037.855.748.237.926%1521%
Quanta 57.634.837.640.631.648.543.153.854.052.135.925%2433%
Wistron 20.417.418.918.821.124.031.531.527.526.2 [21] 18%1115%
Inventec 19.518.49.98.518.620.916.817.016.221 [22] 15%710%
Pegatron, [23] until 2007 Asus [24] 11.410.38.79.59.814.018.517.515.510.98%57%
Foxconn [23] 2.74.218.410.07.25%
Flextronics 5.04.37.25%
Elitegroup [23] 3.62%
Huaqin 8.03.0
Others15.010.01115%
Total ? ?163.7164.7 ?158141148194 [25] 214203 [26] 125 [22] 100%72.6100%

There is a discrepancy between the 2009 numbers due to the various sources cited; i.e. the units sold by all ODMs add up to 144.3 million laptops, which is much more than the given total of 125 million laptops. The market share percentages currently refer to those 144.3 million total. Sources may indicate hard drive deliveries to the ODM instead of actual laptop sales, though the two numbers may be closely correlated.

See also

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Original equipment manufacturer</span> Company that fabricates parts used in another companys products

An original equipment manufacturer (OEM) is generally perceived as a company that produces parts and equipment that may be marketed by another manufacturer. The term is also used in several other ways, which causes ambiguity. It sometimes means the maker of a system that includes other companies' subsystems, an end-product producer, an automotive part that is manufactured by the same company that produced the original part used in the automobile's assembly, or a value-added reseller.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Dell</span> American multinational technology company

Dell Inc. is an American technology company that develops, sells, repairs, and supports computers and related products and services. Dell is owned by its parent company, Dell Technologies.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Dell Inspiron</span> Line of laptops and desktop computers by Dell

Inspiron is a line of consumer-oriented laptop computers, desktop computers and all-in-one computers sold by Dell. The Inspiron range mainly competes against Acer's Aspire; Asus's Transformer Book Flip, VivoBook and Zenbook; HP's Pavilion, Stream, and ENVY; Lenovo's IdeaPad; Samsung's Sens; and Toshiba's Satellite.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Acer Inc.</span> Taiwanese multinational electronics corporation

Acer Inc. is a Taiwanese multinational company that produces computer hardware and electronics, headquartered in Xizhi District, New Taipei City, Taiwan. Its products include desktop PCs, laptop PCs, tablets, servers, storage devices, virtual reality devices, displays, smartphones, televisions and peripherals, as well as gaming PCs and accessories under its Predator brand. As of 2024, Acer is the world's sixth-largest personal computer vendor by unit sales.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Quanta Computer</span> Taiwan-based manufacturer of notebook computers and other electronic hardware

Quanta Computer Incorporated is a Taiwan-based manufacturer of notebook computers and other electronic hardware. Its customers include Apple Inc., Dell, Hewlett-Packard Inc., Acer Inc., Alienware, Amazon.com, Cisco, Fujitsu, Gericom, Lenovo, LG, Maxdata, Microsoft, MPC, BlackBerry Ltd, Sharp Corporation, Siemens AG, Sony, Sun Microsystems, Toshiba, Valve, Verizon Wireless, and Vizio.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Netbook</span> Class of small and inexpensive laptops

A netbook is a small and inexpensive laptop designed primarily as a means of accessing the Internet. Netbooks were sold from 2007 until around 2013, when the widespread advent of smartphones and tablets eclipsed their popularity.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Elitegroup Computer Systems</span>

Elitegroup Computer Systems Co., Ltd. is a Taiwan-based electronics firm. It is the fifth largest PC motherboard manufacturer in the world, with production reaching 24 million units in 2002.

In computing, instant-on is the ability to boot nearly instantly, allowing to go online or to use a specific application without waiting for a PC's traditional operating system to launch. Instant-on technology is today mostly used on laptops, netbooks, and nettops because the user can boot up one program, instead of waiting for the PC's operating system to boot. This allows a user to launch a single program, such as a movie-playing program or a web browser, without the need of the whole operating system. There still remain a few true instant-on machines such as the Atari ST, as described in the Booting article. These machines had complete Operating Systems resident in ROM similar to the way in which the BIOS function is conventionally provided on current computer architectures. The "instant-on" concept as used here results from loading an OS, such as a legacy system DOS, with a small hard drive footprint. Latency inherent to mechanical drive performance can also be eliminated by using Live USB or Live SD flash memory to load systems at electronic speeds which are orders of magnitude faster.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Compal Electronics</span> Taiwanese contract Notebook manufacturer

Compal Electronics, Inc. is a Taiwanese original design manufacturer (ODM), handling the production of notebook computers, monitors, tablets and televisions for a variety of clients around the world, including Apple Inc., Alphabet Inc., Acer, Lenovo, Dell, Toshiba, Hewlett-Packard, Fujitsu, and Framework. It also licenses brands of its clients.

An original design manufacturer is a company that designs and manufactures a product that is eventually rebranded by another firm for sale. Such companies allow the firm that owns or licenses the brand to produce products while having to engage in neither the detailed engineering work required to specify a product for manufacturing nor the organization and running of a factory. This is in contrast to using a contract manufacturer, where the contracting company would design the product and supply those specifications to the manufacturer.

BAPCo, Business Applications Performance Corporation, is a non-profit consortium with a charter to develop and distribute a set of objective performance benchmarks for personal computers based on popular software applications and operating systems.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">HP 2133 Mini-Note PC</span> Netbook computer running Linux or Windows

The HP 2133 Mini-Note PC is a full-function netbook made by HP that was aimed at the business and education markets. It was available with SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop, Windows Vista or Windows XP. Its retail price started at US$499 for the Linux version with 4GB of flash memory. According to DigiTimes, the netbook was manufactured by Inventec. However, according to APC magazine, it was built by Compal Electronics who also made the MSI Wind and the Dell Inspiron Mini 9. The system was replaced in early 2009 by an upgraded model, the HP Mini 2140, which was also aimed at the education and business market.

Barry Lam is a Taiwanese billionaire businessman, and the founder and chairman of Quanta Computer. He is also a patron of the arts and a philanthropist in the area of culture and education.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Smartbook</span>

A smartbook was a class of mobile device that combined certain features of both a smartphone and netbook computer, produced between 2009 and 2010. Smartbooks were advertised with features such as always on, all-day battery life, 3G, or Wi-Fi connectivity and GPS in a laptop or tablet-style body with a screen size of 5 to 10 inches and a physical or soft touchscreen keyboard.

Pegatron Corporation is a Taiwanese electronics manufacturing company that mainly develops computing, communications and consumer electronics for branded vendors. It also develops, designs and manufactures computer peripherals and components. Pegatron's primary products include notebooks, netbook computers, desktop computers, game consoles, handheld devices, motherboards, video cards and LCD TVs, as well as broadband communication products such as smartphones, set-top boxes and cable modems.

Chromebook is a line of laptop and tablet computers that runs using ChromeOS, an operating system developed by Google.

Clevo is a Taiwanese OEM/ODM computer manufacturer that produces laptop computers. They sell barebones laptop chassis (barebooks) to value-added resellers who build customized laptops for individual customers.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Asus</span> Taiwanese computer and electronics company

ASUSTeK Computer Inc. is a Taiwanese multinational computer, phone hardware and electronics manufacturer headquartered in Beitou District, Taipei, Taiwan. Its products include desktop computers, laptops, netbooks, mobile phones, networking equipment, monitors, Wi-Fi routers, projectors, motherboards, graphics cards, optical storage, multimedia products, peripherals, wearables, servers, workstations and tablet PCs. The company is also an original equipment manufacturer (OEM).

References

  1. "Global PC Shipments Decline Again in the Third Quarter of 2023 Amid Signs of Market Improvement, According to IDC Tracker". www.businesswire.com. 2023-10-09. Retrieved 2023-10-19.
  2. "Wings Nuvobook Pro review: Quite a reliable laptop for everyday needs - private or professional". HT Tech. 2023-12-29. Retrieved 2024-07-07.
  3. Kirchner, Jake (July 1997). "The PC Magazine 100". PC Magazine. 16 (13). Ziff-Davis: 213–245 via Google Books.
  4. 1 2 "Toshiba shuts the lid on laptops after 35 years". BBC News. 2020-08-10. Retrieved 2020-09-16.
  5. Ventura, Felipe (15 May 2013). "Itautec desiste do mercado de PCs". Gizmodo Brasil. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
  6. Ling-Fei Lin (January 2015). "The Dynamics of Design-Manufacturing Laptops: How Taiwanese contract manufacturers matter in the history of laptop production" (PDF). Cornell University dissertation.
  7. "Global and China Laptop and Tablet PC Industry Report, 2011-2012" (Press release). Retrieved 2012-09-10.
  8. "Taiwan-based Compal remains largest notebook computer assembler worldwide in Q2". Taiwan News. 2019-09-23.
  9. 1 2 "Global and China Notebook PC Industry Report, 2010 - ResearchInChina". researchinchina.com. Retrieved 13 July 2015.
  10. Jiwei Net (2022-05-05). "2020 Smart Hardware Industry ODM Report: Hixih's smartphone shipments exceed 162 million units!" . Retrieved 2022-05-05.
  11. Quanta Computer Inc. Annual Report 2018 (PDF). Quanta Computer Inc. 2019.
  12. Hsiao, Jim (2017-02-14). "Taiwan notebooks – 4Q 2016". DigiTimes. Retrieved 2019-04-02.
  13. "Taiwan notebooks – 1Q 2016" (PDF). DigiTimes. 31 May 2016.
  14. Wu, Thompson (19 January 2015). "Asia Hardware Sector". Credit Suisse.
  15. IPD Group. "Notebook shipments of Taiwan players from 2006-2014 (Jun 15) - World News Report - EIN News". einnews.com. Retrieved 13 July 2015.
  16. "Recovery priced in" . Retrieved 2024-03-12.
  17. estimate, according to Barclays Capital Research Archived 2013-01-17 at archive.today : Asia ex-Japan IT Hardware Report
  18. Chuang, Steve (2011-01-14). "Quanta Regains Lead in Global NB PC Shipment in 2010". cens.com. Retrieved 2011-11-12.
  19. Culpan, Tim (2010-01-18). "Quanta Seeks New Ventures, Devices After Record Profit in 2009". Bloomberg Businessweek .
  20. 1 2 Hachman, Mark (2007-05-09). "The Top Laptop Makers Are Not HP, Dell, or Toshiba". PC Magazine. Retrieved 2011-11-12.
  21. "Wistron Corporation 2009 Annual Report translation" (PDF). Wistron. 2010-04-30. p. 31. Retrieved 2010-07-03.
  22. 1 2 "Inventec's margin grew 4.5% driven by server sector". www.computex.biz. 2010-04-30. Retrieved 2010-07-03.
  23. 1 2 3 "Global and China Notebook PC Industry Report, 2009 - ResearchInChina". researchinchina.com. Retrieved 13 July 2015.
  24. "ASUSTeK Computer Inc". ASUS. 2008. Archived from the original on 2012-03-13. Retrieved 2010-07-21.
  25. "Acer loses world's No. 3 notebook-maker spot in Q4". wantchinatimes.com. Archived from the original on 16 January 2013. Retrieved 13 July 2015.
  26. "Growing Notebook & Netbook Market Will Boost Dell's PC Business". NASDAQ.com. 12 February 2011. Retrieved 13 July 2015.